{"id":1049218,"date":"2019-08-11T00:59:08","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T04:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/?p=1049218"},"modified":"2019-08-11T00:59:08","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T04:59:08","slug":"homes-of-our-ancestors-everything-you-should-know-about-yurts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/homes-of-our-ancestors-everything-you-should-know-about-yurts\/","title":{"rendered":"Homes of our ancestors \u2013 Everything you should know about yurts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yurts used to serve Magyars (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/amazing-researchers-find-evidence-of-an-ancient-hungarian-speaking-community\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">ancient Hungarians<\/a>) as their shelters. It is part of our heritage that is still worth preserving in our memories. This article briefly sums everything up that you should know about yurts.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The yurt is a round tent with a cupola on its top. Its wooden frame is covered by felt. The felt was attached to wooden bars, therefore, it functioned as a stable \u201cwall\u201d of the yurt. The most significant advantage of this residence was that it was very easy to take apart \u2013 this way, the tribesmen could easily continue wandering and could stay mobile. They used to be the<\/p>\n<p>homes of nomadic tribesmen, e.g. peoples of Central-Asia and Eastern-Siberia \u2013 Turks, Mongols, Magyars etc. used to live in them.<\/p>\n<p>These peoples relied on their livestock in order to survive. So, they were constantly moving from one pasture to another to feed their cattle \u2013 seasonal climate changes forced them to move as well. They had to have different accommodations for the winter and the summer and constantly adapt to nature or enemy threat. This continuously moving lifestyle is the nomadic steppe. So,<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>being able to move rapidly if necessary was vital in our ancestors\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n<p>Hungarian children learn about this in elementary school, so they know that their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/news_to_go\/hungarian-history-in-3-minutes-cool-3d-video\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">ancestors<\/a>\u00a0arrived in the Carpathian Basin from the East and that they lived in yurts. To build a yurt, they had to have serious carpenter skills, especially at that time, because it was much more difficult than building a wooden house or a mud-hut. Yurts were used for surprisingly long in Hungary, until around 1301 \u2013 the dissolution of the \u00c1rp\u00e1d dynasty. But some Hungarians continued nomadic lifestyle even further, until around 1400.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jurta-a-t%C3%A1volban.jpg\" alt=\"Yurt in the distance\" width=\"960\" height=\"496\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jurta-a-t\u00e1volban.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jurta-a-t\u00e1volban.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jurta-a-t\u00e1volban-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jurta-a-t\u00e1volban-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jurta-a-t\u00e1volban-800x413.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-height=\"496\" data-width=\"960\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We only know about two versions of yurts: the Kazakh and the Mongolian. Kazakh yurts had curved slats on the roof, and this way, bigger space was provided inside. Our ancestors also built this model, but it took more experience, more time, and better skill to avoid mistakes. All the components had to be fumigated in order to bend them. The bars of the \u201ckerege\u201d (bar-wall) were also curved, so their joints were strong enough to hold the roofing.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Fortunately, we can see that yurts are becoming more and more popular and raise many people\u2019s interest. Not long ago, yurt manufacturers and even yurt importers appeared. There are many yurt camps in Hungary, Slovakia, Transylvania (Szeklerland), and Ukraine (Transcarpathia) where adults and children can all see yurts and learn about them.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/homes-of-our-ancestors-everything-you-should-know-about-yurts\/\">dailynewshungary.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Yurts used to serve Magyars (<a href=\"https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/amazing-researchers-find-evidence-of-an-ancient-hungarian-speaking-community\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">ancient Hungarians<\/a>) as their shelters. It is part of our heritage that is still worth preserving in our memories. This article briefly sums everything up that you should know about yurts.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The yurt is a round tent with a cupola on its top. Its wooden frame is covered by felt. The felt was attached to wooden bars, therefore, it functioned as a stable \u201cwall\u201d of the yurt. The most significant advantage of this residence was that it was very easy to take apart \u2013 this way, the tribesmen could easily continue wandering and could stay mobile. They used to be the<\/p>\n<p>homes of nomadic tribesmen, e.g. peoples of Central-Asia and Eastern-Siberia \u2013 Turks, Mongols, Magyars etc. used to live in them.<\/p>\n<p>These peoples relied on their livestock in order to survive. So, they were constantly moving from one pasture to another to feed their cattle \u2013 seasonal climate changes forced them to move as well. They had to have different accommodations for the winter and the summer and constantly adapt to nature or enemy threat. This continuously moving lifestyle is the nomadic steppe. So,<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>being able to move rapidly if necessary was vital in our ancestors\u2019 lives.<\/p>\n<p>Hungarian children learn about this in elementary school, so they know that their\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/news_to_go\/hungarian-history-in-3-minutes-cool-3d-video\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\">ancestors<\/a>\u00a0arrived in the Carpathian Basin from the East and that they lived in yurts. To build a yurt, they had to have serious carpenter skills, especially at that time, because it was much more difficult than building a wooden house or a mud-hut. Yurts were used for surprisingly long in Hungary, until around 1301 \u2013 the dissolution of the \u00c1rp\u00e1d dynasty. But some Hungarians continued nomadic lifestyle even further, until around 1400.<\/p>\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jurta-a-t%C3%A1volban.jpg\" alt=\"Yurt in the distance\" width=\"960\" height=\"496\" data-src=\"https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jurta-a-t\u00e1volban.jpg\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jurta-a-t\u00e1volban.jpg 960w, https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jurta-a-t\u00e1volban-300x155.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jurta-a-t\u00e1volban-768x397.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/Jurta-a-t\u00e1volban-800x413.jpg 800w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" data-height=\"496\" data-width=\"960\" \/><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We only know about two versions of yurts: the Kazakh and the Mongolian. Kazakh yurts had curved slats on the roof, and this way, bigger space was provided inside. Our ancestors also built this model, but it took more experience, more time, and better skill to avoid mistakes. All the components had to be fumigated in order to bend them. The bars of the \u201ckerege\u201d (bar-wall) were also curved, so their joints were strong enough to hold the roofing.<\/p>\n<figure><\/figure>\n<p>Fortunately, we can see that yurts are becoming more and more popular and raise many people\u2019s interest. Not long ago, yurt manufacturers and even yurt importers appeared. There are many yurt camps in Hungary, Slovakia, Transylvania (Szeklerland), and Ukraine (Transcarpathia) where adults and children can all see yurts and learn about them.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/dailynewshungary.com\/homes-of-our-ancestors-everything-you-should-know-about-yurts\/\">dailynewshungary.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1049219,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[166],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1049218","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Homes of our ancestors \u2013 Everything you should know about yurts &#8211; Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bocskairadio.org\/en\/homes-of-our-ancestors-everything-you-should-know-about-yurts\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Homes of our ancestors \u2013 Everything you should know about yurts &#8211; Bocskai R\u00e1di\u00f3\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Yurts used to serve Magyars (ancient Hungarians) as their shelters. 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They had to have different accommodations for the winter and the summer and constantly adapt to nature or enemy threat. This continuously moving lifestyle is the nomadic steppe. So,  being able to move rapidly if necessary was vital in our ancestors\u2019 lives.  Hungarian children learn about this in elementary school, so they know that their\u00a0ancestors\u00a0arrived in the Carpathian Basin from the East and that they lived in yurts. To build a yurt, they had to have serious carpenter skills, especially at that time, because it was much more difficult than building a wooden house or a mud-hut. Yurts were used for surprisingly long in Hungary, until around 1301 \u2013 the dissolution of the \u00c1rp\u00e1d dynasty. But some Hungarians continued nomadic lifestyle even further, until around 1400.  &nbsp;  We only know about two versions of yurts: the Kazakh and the Mongolian. Kazakh yurts had curved slats on the roof, and this way, bigger space was provided inside. Our ancestors also built this model, but it took more experience, more time, and better skill to avoid mistakes. All the components had to be fumigated in order to bend them. The bars of the \u201ckerege\u201d (bar-wall) were also curved, so their joints were strong enough to hold the roofing.  Fortunately, we can see that yurts are becoming more and more popular and raise many people\u2019s interest. Not long ago, yurt manufacturers and even yurt importers appeared. There are many yurt camps in Hungary, Slovakia, Transylvania (Szeklerland), and Ukraine (Transcarpathia) where adults and children can all see yurts and learn about them.  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They had to have different accommodations for the winter and the summer and constantly adapt to nature or enemy threat. This continuously moving lifestyle is the nomadic steppe. So,  being able to move rapidly if necessary was vital in our ancestors\u2019 lives.  Hungarian children learn about this in elementary school, so they know that their\u00a0ancestors\u00a0arrived in the Carpathian Basin from the East and that they lived in yurts. To build a yurt, they had to have serious carpenter skills, especially at that time, because it was much more difficult than building a wooden house or a mud-hut. Yurts were used for surprisingly long in Hungary, until around 1301 \u2013 the dissolution of the \u00c1rp\u00e1d dynasty. But some Hungarians continued nomadic lifestyle even further, until around 1400.  &nbsp;  We only know about two versions of yurts: the Kazakh and the Mongolian. Kazakh yurts had curved slats on the roof, and this way, bigger space was provided inside. Our ancestors also built this model, but it took more experience, more time, and better skill to avoid mistakes. All the components had to be fumigated in order to bend them. The bars of the \u201ckerege\u201d (bar-wall) were also curved, so their joints were strong enough to hold the roofing.  Fortunately, we can see that yurts are becoming more and more popular and raise many people\u2019s interest. Not long ago, yurt manufacturers and even yurt importers appeared. There are many yurt camps in Hungary, Slovakia, Transylvania (Szeklerland), and Ukraine (Transcarpathia) where adults and children can all see yurts and learn about them.  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